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I met Bob Pack and Stefan Groschupf two and half weeks ago when they came in for their 30-min "presentation auditions" to present at the November 2nd RHP Visibility Conference that I produced at Fenwick & West's office. They gave me their pitch, demonstrated their cool features, and reeled me in to register on their site. Their company Sproose, is the next generation user powered search.
There are others like Mahalo that also claim to be a user powered search engine. As you read in my Startup Profile e-newsletter, Sproose is a marriage between Internet search and social networking that empowers users to refine the search results, taking the ultimate power away from the computers and putting it back into the hands of humans. The more interaction and use of the one-click-vote by the users on Sproose, the more refined and targeted search results you can expect. Your opinions matter on Sproose.
You are welcome to post your own thoughts, experiences, and knowledge about this topic on Internet search. In fact, I hope you do!
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3 comments:
Fun, interesting site. Also nice to see another singer involved in the creative side of tech. Way to go!
What a great site...
I can see Sproose changing the way many of us search for information. Sure, Google is the mainstay and will be, but there are many search topics that us non-corporate folk want immediate feedback on. What better way to exercise your decision making processes on dining, leisure activities, etc than having another similar user's feedback.
I am a Sproose user now and look forward to more news on their growth and success!
-PapaSkogie
Not a bad idea, but they will have to demonstrate not only a growing base but significant user return rate.
User-review sites always end up suffering from the credibility issue and the gaming that occurs. I believe that transparency is the best fix for this but that brings privacy issues into play. It'll be interested to see how they manage the problem.
They need to get into mobile platforms ASAP.
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